RETREATS + WORKSHOPS
COMING SOON:
DEVON, UK (SEPT 29th to OCT. 6th 2025)
KERALA and COCHI, INDIA (10th - 20th JANUARY 2026)
PAINTING IN OAXACA
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Join me this September for an incredible painting retreat in beautiful Oaxaca City, Mexico.
Exploring the beauty, colour and vibrancy of Zapotec culture, we will be staying in a 5 star Michelin hotel. Start your day with a delicious local breakfast and end with chef prepared dinners. Lunches are out on the town soaking in the exotic Oaxacan vibrancy. A visit to the Botanical gardens is a must and our big adventure will be visiting the Hierve El Agua pools, a red pottery workshop and a family of traditional weavers.
7 nights, 6 days and 5 days of painting.
Wednesday September 25th - Wednesday October 2nd 2024
Oaxaca City, Mexico
VIETNAM - ART FOOD CULTURE
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Join me and Anna Barnes of Art Food Culture, in Hoi An, Vietnam for an unforgettable getaway. Ten days of painting, exploring and eating in an exquisite villa on the water. Local food, sketching, cooking classes and yoga. With Market Tours and family home visits, immerse yourself in the local culture for an experiential and sensory experience of a lifetime.
FEB 13th - 22nd, 2024
Hoi An, Vietnam
WINDOWSILL WORKSHOP DOWNLOAD
Join me and host Margo Tantau for a 21/2 hour paint and demo session. We’ll be doing the basics of abstract painting, loosening up and playing with paint, colour, texture and line. We’ll then let it all go and cut it up into your favourite decorative shapes. I love birds, butterflies, flowers and big haired babes.
PAINTING BELIZE
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Escape the winter and head to tropical and lush Belize for a week of painting and adventure with Carolyn Gavin and guest instructor Helen Dardik.
Saturday Feb 25th - Saturday March 4th 2023
Maya Beach, Belize
PAINTING IN SOUTHERN SPAIN
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September 16th - 23rd 2022
Join Carolyn Gavin and Helen Dardik for a week of painting in the sunny Andalusia. Receive expert tuition focusing on a variety of styles, techniques, mediums, and subject matter, enjoy a stunning, eco-friendly 33-acre private estate, draw your inspiration from the magnificent Granada and whitewashed villages on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and indulge in homemade exclusively vegetarian organic meals.
WAKE UP AND PAINT IN TORONTO
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Join Helen Dardik and Carolyn Gavin in this workshop as they brighten the dark days of December by sharing their techniques for vibrant colours and bold compositions.
Saturday December 4, 2021
Toronto, Canada
CHATEAU DUMAS
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Join Carolyn Gavin and Helen Dardik for a week of painting in the south of France. We will stay at an authentic chateau, enjoy a stunning 22-acre private estate, draw our inspiration from quintessentially French medieval villages, and indulge in the exquisite local cuisine.
September 14 - 21, 2021
Occitanie, France
PAINTING TORONTO
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Saturday September 14th 2019
Join Helen Dardik and Carolyn Gavin for a day of floral painting in Canada’s most vibrant and multicultural city. Saturday 14th of September 2019. 10am - 4.30pm.
1297 Gerrard St. E, Toronto, Ontario. M4M 1Y8
PAINTING MARRAKECH
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November 9th - 15th 2019
Pack your bags, paints and brushes and spend 7 days, 6 nights painting, learning and exploring with Helen Dardik and Carolyn Gavin. Peacock Pavilions Boutique Hotel will be our home exclusively for a week, and will fill your senses with colour, warmth and pattern. Our days will be packed full of visual and sensory experiences to leave you with a lifetime of memories and inspiration.